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Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

Ballyhale , , Co Kilkenny

to create an entrance to our commercial premises, including all necessary site works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660608 · full record
Authority
Kilkenny County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
887 m²
Received
21 Sept 2026
We first saw it
29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due
15 Nov 2026
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660608/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660608 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Kilkenny County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 27 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

  • NIAH-recorded building × 1
    unknown
  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument × 1
    R138359

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560591Conditional11 Feb 20260233 mfor change of use to convert the existing ground floor restaurant/takeaway to residential use at Main Street (R448), Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny, R95 D6P0. The proposed area of change is approximately 108 sq.mt.
2494Conditional6 Jun 20250165 mfor: a. Material change of use of ground floor retail area to residential use in combination with existing residence. b. Demolition of the existing rear extension to the dwelling. c. Erect a new 2 story rear extension to the dwelling. d. Elevational modifications. e. Associated internal and external modifications. f. All associated site development works
2560196Conditional5 Jun 20250438 mto construct (i) Cubicle shed extension with underground slatted tanks and all associated site works
2460407Conditional16 Oct 20240470 mfor development at this site. The development will provide for the upgrade of the Ballyhale Wastewater Treatment Plant and will generally comprise the following: Installation of a new automatic inlet screen; construction of a new stormwater holding tank; construction of a new sludge holding tank; construction of a new balance tank with associated access stairs and platform; construction of a new supernatant pumping station; construction of a new washwater booster pumping station; demolition of the existing sludge holding tank; demolition of the existing balance tank; and all ancillary site development works including hard and soft landscaping
2360525Conditional12 Jan 20240438 mto construct (i) Cubicle shed extension with underground effluent tank and all associated site works
2360306Conditional5 Sept 20230438 mto construct (i) Cubicle shed extension with underground effluent tank and all associated site works
2360014Conditional9 Jun 2023061 mto construct a clubhouse, seating stand and drainage to the existing outer pitch, including all necessary site works.
22295Conditional5 Sept 2022062 mof gymnasium as constructed and for planning permission to (a) construct an astro-turf playing pitch, (b) construct a ball wall, (c) to extend the existing walkway, (d) drainage to the existing inner pitch, (e) tarmac to complete walkway (f) floodlighting to inner pitch and (g) provision of three no. youth playing pitches on new grounds, including all necessary site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
317082—Granted with conditions22 Aug 20240 m
310745—Granted with conditions24 Nov 2021275 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

  • 21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
  • 21 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.